Social Network Analysis & Network Weaving

Social Network Analysis and Network Weaving in a fifth grade classroom

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I noticed this article, One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings—And It’s Not About Guns, making the rounds on Facebook in the wake of the latest school shooting in Florida.  It’s about a teacher’s weekly practice to identify students at risk for loneliness, rejection, isolation — and, just maybe, to prevent future school… Continue reading Social Network Analysis and Network Weaving in a fifth grade classroom

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A Purpose-Based Model for Message Dissemination

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What does that mean, “A Purpose-Based Model for Message Dissemination”?  And why is it important? I don’t think it was important a generation ago, but it is now. Let’s start with message dissemination.  In this context, message refers to any “unit” of self-expression — from a simple facial gesture to a book or opera, or… Continue reading A Purpose-Based Model for Message Dissemination

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Brands Transformed into Self-Expression

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When I attended Penn State in the last ’70’s, my parents bought me a school jacket.  It was a standard-issue, dark blue wool jacket with PENN STATE printed boldly in white block letters across the back.  I liked (and needed) the jacket for its warmth, but I really didn’t like having PENN STATE plastered across… Continue reading Brands Transformed into Self-Expression

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Leveraging celebrity for contribution and connection

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Like lots of people, celebrities (musicians, artists, authors, actors, etc.) often support various charities and causes.  Sites like Look to the Stars and Celebrity Charity Magazine document celebrity giving, as do special sections of more general sites, from Charity Navigator to Celebrity Gossip.net. But celebrities are special cases (aside from their relative wealth).  Although some… Continue reading Leveraging celebrity for contribution and connection

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Sharing is IMPORTANT: Views from Deanna Zandt and David Weinberger

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In her terrific and inspiring new book, Share This: How You Will Change the World With Social Networking (Berrett-Koehler, 2010), media technologist Deanna Zandt describes and applauds the new information environment of widespread, prolific sharing of information. When we read a new story online, there’s usually a tool on the page that encourages us to… Continue reading Sharing is IMPORTANT: Views from Deanna Zandt and David Weinberger

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Reflections on a “Biblio-Social Experiment”

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(cross-posted from phillynetsquared.org) On our last Net Tuesday (December 1), we held the Philly Net Tuesday Book UNclub at Robin’s Bookstore.  The idea was pretty straightforward… We would discuss books in Net Tuesday’s scope of interest: social networking/media, nonprofit technology and social change.  (That’s the “biblio” part.)  And we would use the style of an… Continue reading Reflections on a “Biblio-Social Experiment”